Preview Morton
Wednesday, 19th Nov 2008The Pars were held to a draw at Cappielow in September when a late Ross Campbell goal levelled the scoring after Brian Wake had put the home side ahead.
The Pars are just three points behind St Johnstone and with the Perth men swapping their free Saturday so that they can have the only match in Dundee next weekend there is the opportunity for the Pars to top the table for the first time since they returned to the First Division.
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Pars v Morton: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At |
35 |
20 |
8 |
7 |
70 |
35 |
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At Cappielow |
35 |
13 |
12 |
10 |
42 |
39 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
20 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
38 |
22 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
16 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
27 |
22 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
29 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
37 |
26 |
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TOTALS |
70 |
33 |
20 |
17 |
112 |
74 |
The Pars certainly fair better historically and they did win the last time the Greenock side came to East End Park. The best performance came in February 1965 when two goals each from Jackie Sinclair and Alex Ferguson, and one each from John McLauchlin and Bert Paton set the record league win over Morton at East End Park.
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Milestones v Morton (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
26/01/08 |
SFL | |
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Last League Defeat |
11/08/07 |
SFL | |
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Best League Victory |
29/01/66 |
6-0 |
Div 1* |
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Worst League Defeat |
1953/54 |
1-3 |
Div 2* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
In the last twelve meetings honours are even, the Pars have only won four, Morton four and there have been four draws.
| Last Twelve Matches v Morton | ||||
| 27/09/08 | A | D | 1-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 19/04/08 | A | L | 0-3 | Scottish Division One |
| 26/01/08 | H | W | 2-0 | Scottish Division One |
| 26/12/07 | A | W | 1-0 | Scottish Division One |
| 11-08-07 | H | L | 0-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 06-05-00 | A | L | Scottish Division One | |
| 12-02-00 | H | D | 1-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 11-12-99 | A | L | 3-0 | Scottish Division One |
| 21-08-99 | H | W | 2-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 10-08-99 | H | D | 2-2 | Scottish League Challenge Cup |
| 19-03-96 | A | D | 1-1 | Scottish Division One |
| 02-03-96 | H | W | 4-1 | Scottish Division One |
The Pars were held to a draw at Cappielow in September when a late Ross Campbell goal levelled the scoring after Brian Wake had put the home side ahead.
| Dunfermline | Morton |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 9 |
| Form last six league matches | |
| WWLWLW | DLLWLL |
| League Points | |
| 24 | 13 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +8 | -14 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P7, W3, D1, L3 | P7, W1, D1, L5 |
At their seventh attempt Morton won their first away match of the season last Saturday at Dumfries. While we might have celebrated that at the time this fires caution since that is three wins for the ninth placed team in their last four league games.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Morton Away | |||||
| Dundee | L | 0-1 | Queen of the South | W | 4-1 | |
| St Johnstone | L | 1-2 | Livingston | L | 0-1 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 1-0 | Ross County | L | 0-3 | |
| St Mirren | W | 2-0 | Partick Thistle | L | 1-2 | |
| Ross County | W | 3-1 | Airdrie | L |
0-5 | |
| Livingston | L | 1-2 | Dundee | L | 1-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE: (v Livingston) Paul Gallacher; Greg Ross, Scott Thomson, Scott Wilson, Scott Muirhead (Austin McCann 42); Calum Woods (Steven Bell 64), Nick Phinn (Jim McIntyre 75), Stephen Glass, Alex Burke; Graham Bayne, Andy Kirk
SUBS NOT USED: Calum Reidford, Iain Williamson.
MORTON: (v Queen of the South) Kevin Cuthbert; David MacGregor, Barry Smith, Allan McManus, Stewart Greacen, Eric Paartulu, Ryan McGuffie, Allan Jenkins, James McAllister, Peter Weatherson (Steven Masterton), James Grady (Brian Wake 75)
SUBS NOT USED: Iain Russell, Ryan McWilliams, Kevin Finlayson.
Referee for the match will be Mike McCurry, his first return to East End Park since the 1-0 Scottish Cup win over Hearts in 2007.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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